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Alumna Named National Teacher of the Year Finalist


Kelly Kovacic, social studies department chair at UC San Diego’s Preuss School and a UCSD alumna, has been named one of four finalists for the prestigious National Teacher of the Year competition.

Kite Runner novelist, Khaled Hosseini, M.D. ’93, highlights Afghan Poverty


After the success of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini, took on another challenge as a goodwill envoy with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. In September 2009, he made a return visit to Afghanistan for the United Nations and, in an opinion column in USA Today (January 12, 2010), Hosseini appeals to Washington saying the number one killer in Afghanistan is poverty.

Six Degrees of Separation


UC San Diego professor of Political Science James Fowler and his Harvard co-author, Nicholas Christakis, have been making front-page headlines with their social-network research since publishing a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2007. Last week, Fowler found himself on Comedy Central’s Colbert Report.
  

The Angry Years


Take a closer look at the 1960s as part of the “Witness to History” series. During the 1960s, American college students felt they could change the world. But as the Vietnam War dragged on, their voices grew louder and angrier—event at UCSD’s new campus. This story is part of @UCSD magazine’s “Witness2History” series.

Over There


In the summer of 2007, Dana DePaul, M.F.A. ’02, took a position as one of three producers for the USO (United Service Organizations), the non-profit organization that has staged entertainment events for the military for 67 years. Most recently, she collaborated with comedian Stephen Colbert on four episodes of The Colbert Report, filmed live in Baghdad at the Al Faw Palace.

Interview with Chancellor Fox


Chancellor Marye Anne Fox discusses the importance of the UC system and the budget crisis facing UC San Diego. This is the first in a series of interviews with Chancellor Fox, leading up to UCSD’s celebration of its 50th anniversary in 2010-11.
  

Students Show Philanthropic Energy in Difficult Economy


The UCSD Student Foundation launched their year-long “Act, Advocate, Give” awareness campaign to educate students about the critical role of philanthropy in UCSD students’ education.

Still Fighting


Hundreds of students gathered for a candlelight vigil for the “death of public education” while others staged a traffic-blocking march in front of the Gilman parking structure to protest the recent UC Regents decision to increase in student fees.

Campus Celebrates Opening of Sustainability Resource Center


Located at the heart of campus in the Price Center, the Sustainability Resource Center is a one-stop sustainability shop where students can learn about green jobs and courses on sustainability-related topics, how to conserve energy and water, or find eco-friendly products.
  
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Mark Rosenbaum, Revelle '84, was recently hired as the new CFO of News Corp.’s MySpace. With 22 years of experience including senior financial roles at companies such as MGM, Twentieth Century Fox, and Walt Disney, just to name a few, his challenge is to help MySpace during its next steps of financial growth.

Linda Lee, Revelle '90, a broker associate with Prudential California Realty, has been named the new president of the San Diego chapter of the Women’s Council of Realtors. She also volunteers at the San Diego Association of Realtors and the California Association of Realtors.

Elizabeth Victoreen Coffey, ERC '02, married Sean Coffey on May 2, 2009. The wedding was attended by 12 of her closest UCSD friends: Kim Michaud, ’02, Kimberly Carey, ’01, Melisa Bittancourt, ’04, Meredith Haase, ’02, Meredith Abby, ’03, Erica Chan, ’02, Sara Pak, ’02, Abe Coffman, ’02, Michelle Prather, ’01, Laurent Butzbach, ’02, Caitlin Halferty, ’02, and Shannon Tracy, ’00.

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From Petro to Bio

Christophe Schilling, Ph.D. ’00, launched Geomantic along with Bernhard Palsson, the Galetti Professor of Bioengineering at UCSD, in 2000. Their aim was to enable the chemical industry—through Genomatica’s novel bio-manufacturing processes—to transform its feedstock base and take the “petro” out of the “petro-chemicals” business.  Learn more

Mimic Technologies

Jeff Berkley, ’93, president of Seattle-based Mimic Technologies, created the new dV-Trainer for the robotic da Vinci Surgical System to teach basic robotic skills, such as instrument manipulation, camera control and suturing.  Learn more
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